"Sir, The act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service, approved July 7, 1884, provides “for an agent to the States or the Congo Association, $5,000, said agent to be charged with introducing and extending the commerce of the United States in the Congo Valley, and for such purpose the further sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the President is hereby authorized to appoint, in the recess of the Senate, such agent, whose commission shall expire at the end of the next session of the Senate.""
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Congo Free StateColonialismInternational Association of the CongoInternational African AssociationHistory of Central Africa
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Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to congress, with the annual message of the President, December 8, 1885. Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Tisdel. Department of State, Washington, September 8, 1884.
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